10 fingered ghost

Right before a race or event of some sort, athletes generally like to get psyched up for their race so that they get there energy flowing and hopefully go fast in the race. They like to feel at the peek of their potential, so that when they start, they feel like that nothing can stop them. So a question that posed me is that, what do the top of the top athletes listen to before a game, or race? And you cant assume what they listen to is based on there appearance.Because some of these athletes could be listening to something a little cheesy ( such as miley cyrus ).

As for me i listen to, a lot of cheesy crap, such as.... no I'm not gonna say I've just now decided. its for me and my ears only. You guys can assume what i listen to on my own, I'll give you a hint , its not miley cyrus ( really its not). But none the less there are also some rock, or rap that gets people psyched to play or race. Some people also don't listen to music to pump them up. Others like to just listen to the air or the sounds around them to get them motivated, Or just think of what they're going to do to improve the game or how they are going to execute it.


 But how and why do these things motivate us to makes go faster, be stronger, and overall better. Could it be that the songs them selves have make our blood pressure rise>, causing the our hormones to increase with speed, and that's how we go faster? I know right before i get on the blocks for a important race ( to me) that i spend the whole day before getting ready to swim as fast as possible and get my times as low as possible